Holy Martyr Meliton, who suffered for Christ.
Saint Meliton is remembered in the synaxaria as a martyr who confessed Christ during the persecutions and gave his life for the faith. The details of his contest have not been preserved.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Meliton the Martyr is commemorated on June 30. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on July 13 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on June 30
Synaxis of the Holy Apostles
Great Feast, Σύναξις Αποστόλων
Synaxis of the Glorious and All-Praised Twelve Apostles.
Peter, Prince of the Horde
Saint, Πέτρος ο Πρίγκιπας του Ορντύνσκ
Righteous Peter, prince of the Golden Horde, who was baptised and founded a monastery at Rostov.
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